QUINCY, Ill. - The Hawks returned to friendly territory to face an unfamiliar foe, hosting the Penguins of Dominican University of California on Thursday (Mar. 7). QU scored nine of its 13 goals in the first half, getting four a apiece from Christian Czarny and Jame Brain en route to a 13-10 winner. 

Quincy opened the scoring with a goal at the 12:57 mark off the stick of Caleb Hensley on a pass from Mason Marano. Just over 30 seconds later, defender, Connor Nock, forced a turnover and took it all the way to the house to make it 2-0 Hawks.

Following a DUC score, Blaine Lowrance netted the third QU goal of the match to replenish the advantage to two at 3-1. A pair of Dominican scores in the final 24 seconds rounded out an exciting 3-3 first frame of play. 

The Hawks really got things going in the second period using a 6-0 run during the quarter as the decisive blow in earning the victory in the match. Christian Czarny netted a pair of goals in just about 10 seconds of game time a little over a minute into the second half. The first assisted by Colin Usher and the second from Marano before Marano shared the wealth again roughly a minute later on a goal by Jayme Brain. 

Czarny netted his second quarter hat trick at the 9:34 mark to make it 7-3 followed by a man-up goal for Blaine Lowrance and another goal for Brain to close out a huge period and send the Hawks to the locker room with a 9-3 lead at the break. 

QU got the scoring started in the second half with Czarny's fourth of the match, assisted by Blaine Lowrance, before reentering the scoring column again just 40 seconds later on a man-up score for Marano, once again on a feed from Lowrance. The Penguins netted a pair of goals in the final nine or so minutes to close the period 11-5 in favor of the good guys. 

DUC looked poised to make things interesting in the final 15 minutes, scoring three times to open the period and cut the deficit to 11-8. QU responded with a pair of unassisted goals by Brain as he bullied his way to the cage for two scores in under 40 seconds. The Penguins found the back of the net twice more heading down the stretch to give the Hawks a 13-10 victory. Ryan Riggs collected 14 saves and the W between the pipes for Quincy. 

Next Up

The Hawks are on the road next week, making the trip to Colorado to take on the Grizzlies of Adams State University on Thursday (Mar. 14). Match time is slated for 3:00 PM from Alamosa, CO.